Historical clue formulations

• Sensation — 2026-07-16
• Sensation — 2026-01-18
• Huge success — 2025-10-19
• Reduce to a pulp — 2025-10-18
• Runaway hit — 2025-06-06
• Break into pieces — 2024-05-15
• "Hulk" action — 2023-11-23
• Tremendous success — 2022-07-24
• Big hit — 2022-02-16
• Runaway success — 2020-06-09
• Runaway #1 — 2020-02-09
• Sensation — 2019-08-01
• Big hit — 2019-06-13
• Flop's opposite — 2018-06-15
• Put-away shot — 2016-10-09
• Flop's opposite — 2016-01-27
• Overhead tennis shot — 2015-09-21
• Bomb's opposite — 2013-07-11
• Huge hit — 2013-06-24
• - — 2013-06-16
• *Chart-topper — 2013-06-16
• Return of a lob, maybe — 2012-06-20
• Runaway success — 2012-05-03
• Chart-topper — 2011-09-14
• Ruin ... or great success — 2011-07-23
• Very successful — 2010-07-04
• Box-office hit — 2010-06-22
• Bomb's opposite — 2009-09-11
• Big success — 2009-08-16
• #1 hit — 2008-11-18
• Overhead shot — 2008-11-09
• #1 on the charts — 2008-03-16
• Sensation — 2007-07-06
• Overhead — 2007-06-24
• Huge hit — 2007-02-12
• Big, big hit — 2006-08-01
• Not just a success — 2005-03-08
• Huge hit — 2004-10-11
• Big overhead? — 2004-08-01
• Bang up — 2004-07-30
• Bang up — 2004-06-25
• Boffo show — 2004-04-11
• Boffo show — 2004-03-08
• Sockeroo — 2004-02-12
• Big hit — 2003-03-19
• Hard show to get tickets for — 2002-02-10
• Not just a hit — 2001-07-03
• Roaring success — 2000-12-06
• Very successful — 2000-04-22
• #1 song — 2000-04-13